Liang Yue-Lu Rongting and Cai Yi: From the "Second Revolution" to the "Anti-Yuan Protectorate"
-- Commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution
Song Jiaoren was assassinated, and a series of riotous operations by the Kuomintang made himself a minority
In February 1913, the newly formed Kuomintang won the first parliamentary election and won a majority of seats in the National Assembly. In mid-March, Yuan Shikai telegraphed Song Jiaoren to go north. At 10:00 p.m. on March 20, Song Jiaoren came to Shanghai Huning Station. At the ticket gate, someone shot Song Jiaoren in the back. Song Jiaoren immediately collapsed and died in the early morning of March 22 at the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Hospital. The telegram reached the hands of yuan shikai, the provisional president, and Yuan Shikai was very shocked.
Song Jiaoren, then leader of the Kuomintang
However, the Jiangsu side soon found out behind the shocking scenes: the murderer was Wu Shiying, and the instigator was Ying Guixin, the inspector of Jiangsu in Shanghai. Ying Guixin and Hong Shuzu, secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, were found in a number of telegrams and letters and telegrams involving Premier Zhao Bingjun. Because the evidence showed that Ying Guixin had a communication link with Zhao Bingjun and Hong Shuzu, the latter two were suspected. Whether Yuan Shikai and Zhao Bingjun are really the main messengers must be carefully investigated and judged by the court fairly before a conclusion can be reached. However, many people in the Kuomintang emotionally believed that the mastermind of the assassination of Song Jiaoren was Zhao Bingjun, and behind Zhao was Yuan Shikai. Huang Xing immediately wrote a couplet of songs to save Song Jiaoren: "KillEd Wu Luzhen the year before, killed Zhang Zhenwu last year, and killed Song Jiaoren this year; you say it is Ying Guixin, he says it is Hong Shuzu, and I say it is indeed Yuan Shikai." For a while, there was a great uproar in national public opinion.
Chen Qimei's life and death, the leader of the Green Gang should be Guixin
On March 25, Sun Yat-sen arrived in Shanghai from Japan. Sun Yat-sen also said emotionally: "The dead mystery of the blunt chu (Jiaoren) has been revealed, the main culprit Yuan Shikai has lost the hearts and minds of the people, we should fight a quick war with Japan, and we must not miss the opportunity!" Huang Xing, however, believed that the armed forces in the south were not enough to fight, that the Republic of China was important, and that people were at ease, and advocated that for the time being, armed solutions should not be discussed, and legal methods should be adopted to solve the problem. The opinions of the kuomintang top brass on Sun Yat-sen were not unified.
Even if Yuan Shikai and Zhao Bingjun were the masterminds of the assassination of Song Jiaoren, the KMT side only speculated, but the law could not be conjectured, and other political parties in society, including many well-known personalities Li Yuanhong, Tang Hualong, and Liang Qichao, did not agree with the KMT's views. The Progressive Party headed by Liang Qichao still advocates supporting Yuan Shikai as the official president of the Republic of China, and believes that Yuan Shikai's aftermath of the large loan case is necessary for the central government's financial crisis, and cannot oppose it, but can only supervise its use. In the Case of Song Jiaoren, the Progressive Party advocated a legal solution. There are also many people who disagree with Sun Yat-sen in the views of the KMT top brass on the Song case.
Because the Kuomintang was extremely emotional under the influence of Sun Yat-sen, the Progressive Party and other intermediate forces fell to Yuan Shikai's camp, and the Kuomintang became a minority.
Chen Qimei, the backbone of the early Kuomintang
In fact, after the case of Song Jiaoren, Yuan Shikai began to be very passive, but he gave preferential treatment to his family, sent Song Zi to study abroad, ordered severe punishment of the murderer, approved Zhao Bingjun's resignation as premier, and was represented by Duan Qirui, and said that he would be strictly punished according to law. The kuomintang's denunciation and insults tirelessly explained, gradually turning themselves from passive to active, and the existing evidence cannot prove that Zhao Bingjun and Yuan Shikai are the instigators. Over the past hundred years, more and more researchers have to think that the evidence that the main messenger behind the Song case is Yuan Shikai is not sufficient, and Chen Qimei on the Kuomintang side is also seriously suspected! Murder cases are the scope of the law, the law is based on evidence, not on reasoning and assumptions, but the Kuomintang's overreaction has made itself lose the sympathy and support of the masses of the people and the third forces, creating a favorable opportunity for Yuan Shikai to be determined to destroy the Kuomintang.
Prime Minister Zhao Bingjun
Lu Rongting and Cai Yi supported Yuan Shikai as the legitimate president, but resolutely opposed Yuan's claim to the throne and tried their best to prevent the Kuomintang's "second revolution"
Because of their long-term relationship on the frontier, Lu Rongting and Cai Yi had a very similar view of guarding against foreign invasions, maintaining stability on the frontier, and serving the country first. In a telegram to Tan Yanmin on July 24, 1913, Cai Yi said: "Since the reform of our country, the vitality of our country has been seriously damaged, and it has not been devastated so far, and there must be no second destruction. And a certain country is rejoicing, and is taking advantage of my internal strife in order to fulfill its aggressive ambitions, and it is appropriate for all the people of our country to work together to insult the ,...... Ke Qiang (referring to Huang Xing) and Xiehe (referring to Li Liejun) did not avoid desperate risks and could not be chosen in a hurry. ”
Lu Rongting spent the most precious ten years of his life fighting against the French invaders, and he felt more deeply in comparison. Therefore, at a time when the Kuomintang was in contact with everywhere to launch the "Second Revolution", Lu Rongting was very worried that the Fakou outside Guangxi were waiting for an opportunity to cause trouble, and "could not bear the spread of internal turmoil and invite foreign insults" (Current Affairs News, December 25, 1916), and was determined to take all measures to stabilize the province.
In the storm of the Song case before the "Second Revolution", although it was a thief who stole the country with hidden evil intentions, Yuan Shikai's approach as the legitimate head of state at this time won the support of most people in the country. The head of state is the symbol of the state, and to uphold the legitimacy of the head of state is loyalty to the country. Cai Yi and Lu Rongting were ineffective in persuading and mediating the Kuomintang, and could only turn to support Yuan Shikai.
Cai Yi and Lu Rongting have never met in history, but the two seem to have a sharp and sharp reaction before and after the "Second Revolution". On February 25, 1913, when Song Jiaoren was assassinated, Cai Yi immediately sent a telegram condemning, "painfully stating, sound and tears." However, he advocated that the "Song case" should be organized into a special court and resolved by law, and that "no prejudices should be taken into account, no arrogance should be made, no law and discipline should be broken by influence, and no speech should be used to disturb the public," and in particular, "military personnel should be strictly prohibited from interfering." Cai Yi said that Song Jiaoren "vigorously reconciled the opinions of the north and the south during his lifetime, and if he provoked a sense of evil between the north and the south behind him, he would not feel at ease under the Nine Springs." He also said that even if Yuan Shikai had to be overthrown, and that the formal presidential election was imminent at this time, "whether Yuan Zhi was elected in the future should depend on the consent of the people of the whole country and be resolved by the National Assembly", and could not resort to force.
However, the Kuomintang faction's emotions were out of control, and they wanted to start a revolution, and Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army was also mobilizing to respond, and war was about to break out. On May 17, Cai Yi, Lu Rongting, and the governors of Sichuan and Guizhou jointly sent a telegram, "The Song case should be sanctioned by law, so the outcome of the trial has its own legal judgment." If you ask about the current situation in our country, the weak breath is the only one left, and the gentlemen of the state will work together with one heart and one mind, and they will not be able to save the dead, and they will be able to each other in the same room and call themselves to split! Whoever is the culprit is the one who is the enemy. In case someone attacks, it should be regarded as a national public enemy. He also said that he would resolutely defend the republic that had been painstakingly created.
On June 7, Cai Yi and the governors of Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces jointly sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai and the governors of various provinces, advocating that the dispute be resolved through legal procedures and that the mobilization of troops be blocked. Until the outbreak of the war, Cai Yi still sent a telegram to the whole country to point out that "asking Yuan" was not established in reason and in law. Under the Provisional Statute, the President is impeached by the Senate if he commits treason, and the State Department is responsible for political negligence. Moreover, the whole country will soon elect a formal president, and if Yuan Shikai is not elected, he will step down on his own. If Yuan Shikai steals the presidency with illegal hands, then it will be justified to use force to fight against him, and only then will he be able to win the support of the people of the whole country. Cai Yi even wanted to work with Lu Rongting to jointly organize the joint troops of the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guizhou to enter Wuhan and "persuade Ning and Gansu to strike."
Before the outbreak of the war, Huang Xing sent a secret envoy to meet Cai Yi with a pair of couplets that read, "Sending words thousands of miles away, discussing the depth of friendship ten years ago," and asked him to raise troops together, and Cai Yi advised Huang Xing not to move lightly. According to Yang Siyi's "Anecdotes of Cai Yi", "Huang Xing sent Tan Xinxiu, who had been Baojing's envoy, to Dian, and asked Cai Songpo to raise an army, and Songpo replied: 'At the beginning of the founding of the Republic of China, the foundation of the country has not yet been consolidated, and it is necessary to persuade Keqiang to be quiet. Yuan Shifang Zhang, at this time can not move lightly. Tan Yue: "If I wait for patience, Yuan Thief will definitely become emperor." Songpo sneered, "If he dares to claim the title of emperor, I will become the emperor in the southwest." Tan was astonished and asked what this meant? Matsupa Masashige: "The republic of the country is enshrined in the covenant law." If someone dares to violate the law, the people of the country will rise up and attack him together, and I will be the first to not spare him. Now that Yuan Thief's reverse tracks have not been revealed, and the teacher is unknown, I advocate temporary patience, the time has not yet come, and advise the public and others not to move lightly. Tan heard his words, flicked his sleeves back to Shanghai, reported Huang Xing in person, and told his comrades all over the place. At that time, I was also in Shanghai, and I had heard his words. ”
Coincidentally, Pan Naide, a secret envoy of Sun Yat-sen and Chen Jiongming, also came to Nanning on July 13 to meet Lu Rongting. Pan Naide handed him Chen Jiongming's letter to Lu Rongting. The letter contained an appendix sent by Sun Yat-sen telegram Chen Jiongming to contact Lu Rongting, as well as a letter from a number of Kuomintang members in Guangxi jointly advising Lu Rongting to join forces with the Kuomintang to seek Yuan. Pan Naide conveyed the wishes of the Kuomintang side to Lu Rongting. Lu Rongting, who had the same insight into the national situation as Cai Yi and had the same political views, unceremoniously pointed out on the spot that this matter was not easy to handle! He pointed out: "At present, the Northern Army has moved south in large numbers, and most of these armies are well-trained divisions with strong forces, and jiangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guangdong and other provinces are internally unstable, and The attitude of Tan Yanmin in Hunan is unclear. This revolution is bound to fail, and we should not go beyond it. I can maintain public order in Guangxi, so that Guangxi can engage in construction in time, just fine! In line with Cai Yi's judgment of Yuan Shikai, before the "second revolution" took place, although Lu Rongting telegraphed and announced that "he only knows that there is a country, but does not know that there is a party," "holds the only purpose," and "is in danger of common security with the central authorities," his attitude was very clear when talking with Chen Shuxun, a close backbone cadre around him, that Yuan Shikai was about to be proclaimed emperor, and he immediately said: "I approve of Yuan Shikai becoming president and oppose him becoming emperor, and if he insists on becoming emperor, I will definitely overthrow him." ("Defending the Country and Discussing Yuan's Personal History", p. 206, Literature and History Materials Publishing House) Like Cai Yi, the reason why Lu Rongting opposed the "second revolution" was out of the desire to safeguard national unity, maintain social stability, and jointly resist the bullying of the great powers, not to "support Yuan" or "oppose Sun", targeting individuals.
Sun Yat-sen's letter of appointment to Panned
After the "second revolution" occurred, Lu Cai and his men tried their best to cooperate with Yuan Shikai to stabilize the situation in the whole country
On July 13, the Jiangxi Provincial Assembly appointed Li Liejun as the commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army in Jiangxi, announcing its disassociation from the Beijing government, and the "second revolution" of the Kuomintang officially broke out.
Kuomintang elder Li Liejun
On July 19, Cai Yi sent a telegram to Lu Rongting in Guangxi and the governors of Sichuan and Guizhou, hoping that several southwestern provinces would adopt the same position, oppose civil war, and maintain national stability. In the telegram, Cai Yi painfully stated the stakes and listed six major harms caused by the outbreak of the civil war: the division of the great powers, the division of the country, the loss of the frontier, the destruction of the war, the rise of the national debt, and the small chaos of the country. Cai Yi's telegram deeply touched Lu Rongting and strengthened his determination to safeguard national stability and not support the so-called "second revolution."
In just over two months, the "second revolution" dissipated, creating a serious imbalance in domestic political power. Originally, the military strength of the two sides was very different, the Kuomintang side was not fully prepared, and under the circumstance that people were at ease and tired of war, they resorted to force in the case of human murder that should have been solved by law, and the result was a heavy defeat.
Xiong Kewu
Cai Yi actively cooperated with Yuan Shikai's suppression in the name of the central government, and sent the Dian army out of Sichuan to directly attack Xiong Kewu's troops in response to the "second revolution". After the Dian army entered Sichuan, Xiong Kewu had fled in defeat, which avoided a direct conflict between the Dian army and Xiong Kewu's troops. In order to stabilize the country as soon as possible, Cai Yi also called Yuan Shikai to offer advice: "Knowing that the Gan affair has been broken, and the carbuncle has accumulated for many years, it is not a blessing to take advantage of this decision." ...... However, we earnestly divide anhui and tranquility, strictly guard against diversion, and on the one hand add heavy troops to the battlefield, intercept and suppress them separately, and extinguish them as soon as possible, so as not to ignite the spark."
After September, the "second revolution" has actually failed, and there are blind movements in various places, which have no meaning except affecting stability and harming the people's lives and property interests. At this time, Lu Rongting quickly quelled a farce instigated by Liu Zhenhuan in Liuzhou in response to the "second revolution", but Liu Guxiang, who did not actually lead the matter, was in danger. Liu Guxiang could not be saved, which made Lu Rongting lament the abnormality. The death of Jiang Yiwu, the founding father of the Republic of China, in Guangxi made Lu Rongting even more sad, and afterwards he killed the detective who arrested Jiang Yiwu to send his condolences.
Old Bridge of Liuzhou, Republic of China
Seeing Yuan's theft of the country, Lu Rongting and Cai Yi contacted each other at the first time and began to plan
The immediate consequence of the "second revolution" was the disappearance of a powerful Kuomintang force capable of restraining Yuan Shikai's arbitrary behavior. In the whole country, only the three southwestern provinces remained in the provinces not controlled by Yuan Shikai, which opened the door for him to practice despotism. However, at that time, Guizhou's military strength was very weak, and it was one of the provinces in the country that did not have generals, but only escorts. Therefore, when Yuan Shikai acted perversely and stepped up the imperial system for self-reliance, the protectors at home and abroad all kept their eyes on Lu Rongting and Cai Yi.
Yuan Shikai also believed that the only forces that could oppose his imperial self-reliance were Guangxi and Yunnan provinces, and lu Rongting and Cai Yi, the top military and political chiefs in these two provinces, became the two people he least trusted. As soon as the "Second Revolution" subsided, in October 1913, Cai Yi was transferred to Beijing by Yuan Shikai and monitored in the name of serving as the superintendent of the National Bureau of Economic and Boundary Affairs. For Lu Rongting in Guangxi, it was used to send patrol envoys to monitor.
Cai Yi, who uses Xiao Fengxian as a cover
In October 1913, shortly after Cai Yi was transferred to Beijing by Yuan Shikai, Lu Rongting sent his close associate Gongwu to Beijing to collect intelligence under the pretext of participating in the army university observation. He also wrote two letters in his own handwriting, one to Li Yuanhong and one to Cai Yi. Because Li Yuanhong was placed under house arrest by Yuan Shikai and could not be seen in Yingtai, Ou went to see Cai with a letter, and Lu asked Cai to help him, and asked Ou Gongwu to negotiate with Cai to understand Cai's attitude towards Yuan. Since there was communication between Gui and Dian at the beginning, the two provinces almost achieved the overall planning of the entire anti-Yuan and national protection action. At the end of 1915, before Cai left Beijing for Dian, he ordered the district to return to Gui and let Lu prepare to raise an army to beg Yuan. Sending Gongwu to Beijing and contacting Cai Yi was not only Lu Rongting's realization that the heavy responsibility of defending the country could only be undertaken by the provinces of Gui and Yunnan, which were not controlled by Yuan forces, but also a move he made a high-level move. This made Cai Yi regard Guangxi as the most trustworthy force in the entire anti-Yuan protection plan from the beginning.
In October 1915, the Yuan imperial movement was in full swing, and Lu Rongting on the Guangxi side was also stepping up secret preparations. At this time, the Yunnan side sent Dai Jie to Beijing, and later Dai met with Cai Yi and Liang Qichao in secret at Liang Qichao's apartment in Tianjin several times, and decided on a step against Yuan: "Yunnan Yu Yuan ordered that the empress dowager be independent, Guizhou responded after one month, guangxi responded two months later, and then with the strength of Yungui in Sichuan and Guangdong under the power of Guangxi, in about three or four months you can meet Hubei and settle the Central Plains." (Ding Wenjiang et al., Liang Qichao's Long Genealogy, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1983, p. 729)
Tianjin Liang Qichao residence
On December 21, Cai Yi said in "To the Thunder and Lightning": "With the plan to enter Beijing and Tianjin many times, I am determined to fight against this demon (referring to Yuan Shikai) in order to establish the country and reassure the soul... All the plans have long been divided, and I am convinced that they are indeed certain, which is especially easy than the Battle of Xinhai. At present, the provinces such as Lu Chen (referring to Lu Rongting and Chen Bingkun) in Gui Province and Feng Guozhang in Ning Province (referring to Feng Guozhang in Jiangsu Province) have long been determined and prepared. (Cai Yiji, p. 370) At this point, the time for the Yunnan side to defend the country was fully ripe. Moreover, "on December 23, when Cai met with Li Liejun, Tang Jiyao, and Ren Kecheng, Lu Zhi's representatives also attended the meeting." (Republic of China Daily, March 17, 1916)
On December 25, Yunnan electrified the whole country, and the Great Patriotic War broke out!
The Patriotic Congress of Kunming
At a time when Cai Yi's defense of the nationalist army was about to collapse, Guangxi Lu Rongting declared independence! Two brilliant military statesmen saved the ship of the Republic
More than three months after the launch of the War of Defending the Country, the Yunnan Patriotic Army was already facing the most dangerous situation. According to Cai Yi's statistics on March 12, the First Patriotic Army had only 3,130 men left, less than one-eighth of the enemy troops on the front line. As early as February 21, Cai Yi called Tang Jiyao and said: "Our army is fighting fiercely and is consuming a lot of ammunition. Only two hundred shells are now in stock, and in addition to the original owners running out of ammunition, one-third of the ammunition is also consumed. (Mao Zhuqing et al., eds., The Collection of Cai Yi, Hunan People's Publishing House, 1983)
Group photo of the generals of the Defending Army
The jinchuan defending army ran out of ammunition, and Cai Yi reported to Liang Qichao by telegram every night. He said in a telegram: "... The House of Syria was gained and lost, and Naxi changed hands three times. This three-week drama battle, the first battle after the guns of the real country! "Many of the guns of those killed in our army were damaged and could not be repaired; their clothes were ragged and could not be replaced; their ammunition could not be replenished; and their salaries were exhausted, and the beggars were ineffective."
At this time, the rear of the Defending Army could not receive food and ammunition, and it was already in a situation of being unable to fight again. The Yuan army fought several victories on both the Sichuan and Hunan fronts, and the Dragon Army, which entered Yunnan from Guangxi, also won several victories. Cai Yi's patriotic army into Sichuan was no longer able to fight, and if the Dragon Army or the Sichuan Army Yang Qiyuan's troops, coupled with the vigilante groups of several local riots in Mongolia, jointly invaded Kunming, it was not difficult to imagine that the war would end. Yuan Shikai did not believe that a corner of Yunnan and Guizhou could resist the powerful Beiyang army, and he kept issuing orders to encourage Yuan Jun to launch a large-scale attack, while letting people procure a large number of salted fish, pork, canned food, shochu, colored satin, tribute silk, gold and silver utensils, clothes and hats, antique calligraphy and paintings, and continuously sent them to the front line to comfort Yuan Jun. This is in stark contrast to the weak number of people on the front line, lack of clothing and food, ammunition, and shrinking positions, seeing that Yuan's army is about to win a complete victory, and the national army will be destroyed. But on March 15, Guangxi suddenly declared independence, and the whole country shook!
Yuan Shikai, who is self-made in the imperial system
Guangxi's independent electrification of the whole country is like a thunderbolt, and the whole country is shaken. In particular, it gave a shot of strength to the struggling frontline defenders. On March 16, Cai Yi was extremely excited to learn of Guangxi's independence, and the front line of the Defending Army was full of joy. Cai Yi believes that Guangxi's declaration of independence means that for the patriotic war that is in a difficult situation, "it is necessary to suddenly emerge and save it, and the overall situation depends on it." (Zeng Yeying, ed., Cai Songpo Collection, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1984) Li Yueyuan, secretary general of the First Army to protect the country, also said: "Guangxi's independence is telegraphed, and the overall situation is shaken" ("History of the Battle of the Yunnan Protectorate Army into Sichuan", "Documents of the Protectorate", vol. II, p. 672).
On March 17, Cai Yi ordered his troops to attack the Yuan army in three routes, and after several days of fierce fighting, Zhang Jingyao was defeated and fled, recapturing Naxi, and forcing the Yuan army to cease.
As a matter of fact, Guangxi's declaration of independence not only greatly enhanced the prestige of the defending army, but when he received the guangxi independence telegram, Yuan "was stunned and did not know where he was." ”
On March 22, seven days after Guangxi declared independence, Yuan Shikai issued an order to revoke the imperial system. Immediately, the Guangxi Protectorate Army pressed toward Guangdong and forced Guangdong to become independent; advanced into Xiang Province, forcing Xiang Province to become independent. The situation of the Patriotic War is as fast as thunder!
The Guangxi Protectorate Army went north to Xiang Province
On June 6, Yuan Shikai died. The Great Patriotic War was won!
Lu Rongting and Cai Yi were in unison in the political turmoil of the early years of the Republic of China, and they were political confidants, cherishing each other and having a deep friendship
Cai Yi suffered from a laryngeal disorder before he left Beijing in the winter of 1915 to raise an army in Kunming to raise an army against Yuan. In the past six months of fighting in southern Sichuan, due to busy military affairs, the illness has become more serious. After the end of the Patriotic War, Cai Yi traveled east to Japan on September 9, 1916, and was admitted to the Fukuoka Medical University Hospital in Kyushu for treatment. On October 31, Huang Xing, a friend of his hometown and the founding father of the Republic of China, died of illness in Shanghai, and Cai Yi suddenly heard bad news and his condition deteriorated sharply; until November 8, Cai Yi died of illness. The news reached the country and the whole country was shaken. Lu Rongting was even more sad and let the Guangxi Provincial Council adjourn the meeting to mourn. On November 10, Tan Yanmin called the provinces and first proposed to hold a state funeral for Cai Yi as a sign of respect. Subsequently, Lu Rongting, Lü Gongwang, Liu Xianshi, Tang Jiyao, Luo Peijin, Chen Shufan, Ren Kecheng, Zhu Qinglan, and others also sent a telegram to the central government to bury Cai Guo and build a shrine to cast a statue to be permanent.
A domestic newspaper reporting on Cai's death
Lu Rongting paid tribute to Cai Yi, a political confidant: "But the head of the horse is Zhan, and the righteous teacher is encouraged to be a righteous teacher; the jackals are still strong, and they are not able to withstand the boiling soup of the national theory." ”
The sentence "Only the head of the gongma is zhan" tells the truth that Lu Rongting has been in line with Cai Yi's political views since the beginning of the People's Republic of China, and has advanced and retreated with him. The most important thing is that the last two sentences, "Too much to rest on the jackal's teeth are still strong, and there are many boiling soups in the discussion of the country", which is Lu Rongting lamenting the current situation of state affairs to this political confidant who died early: after Yuan Shi's departure, the warlords of beiyang lost control and were eager to try, and Chaos in China was imminent. Without the exception of the Yuan clan, the 40,000,000 compatriots in the whole country were reduced to slaves of the same surname, and the republic was destroyed; the Yuan clan was eliminated, the central authority was no longer there, the warlords and demons danced wildly, the national strength was weak, and it was difficult to insult the outside world. Lu Rongting mourned Cai Yi's union, and its meaning was completely different from that of the GongGong Gong gong in the whole country, and it was the only thick and sharp link that raised the practical problems of China after Cai Yi's death. No one in the modern history of China feels that this connection is unique, let alone compares Cai Yi with Lu Rongting. Lu Rongting was sad and respectful of Cai Yi's death, and later wrote three poems, which were carved into inscriptions for people to erect on the right side of Cai Yi's tomb. The inscription reads as follows:
With a thunderclap on the flat ground, the general came up to heaven. Xuanhuang fought the Lushui Kuma, and the Republican Five-Color Banner was reopened. Woohoo! The world is not brave and this!
In order to remember the general's stay in the capital, the dragon lost water and the ants deceived. The gods are unpredictable, and they are facing the East Sea Sunset Luchi. Woohoo! Who is not the great wisdom of the world and Yu Si? If the heavens and the earth do not end, what is the meaning of the fortunes of the country!
See both the general's life and the general's death. I read the general's words, and the general is the heart of the country! May the sword of the nation rise up in the belly of the people of the country!
Wu Ming Lu Rongting
April 26, 19666, Republic of China
The inscription of the stone stele erected by Lu Rongting in front of the tomb of Cai Yi in Changsha